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The People vs. Paul Crump is a 1962 documentary about the prisoner Paul Crump who was on death row for robbery and murder.
The People vs. Paul Crump: Directed by William Friedkin. With Paul Crump, Major James Harris, Mary Alice Harris. Paul Crump, age 22, was caught up in a failed robbery with four other black men and was sentenced to die in the electric chair.
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1962 William Friedkin realizza un documentario sulla storia del detenuto Paul Crump, condannato a morte per rapina e omicidio.
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Feb 20, 2015 · William Friedkin's The People vs. Paul Crump (1962) - Crump's monologue. THE VIDEODROME. 432 subscribers. Subscribed. 19. 2.2K views 9 years ago.
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true crime doc in an awkward transition time between authorative docs and direct cinema, People V PC combines reenactments, stagings and interviews to tell a story of a wrongfully convicted man and peels back the curtain on a chapter in the storied history of Chicago police torture
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Paul Crump, age 22, was caught up in a failed robbery with four other black men and was sentenced to die in the electric chair. Friedkin so believed in Crump’s innocence that he made The People vs. Paul Crump in order to save his life.
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Jun 2, 2014 · set in motion events that would save the life of another man not in attendance, Paul Crump, a Chicago death row inmate whose appeals by this time (1960) were exhausted and was scheduled for execution. Inspired by "Citizen Kane" and moved by Crump’s story, Friedkin made the leap to filmmaking.
